2. The Scientific Revolution Chapter 6 Section 1

3. The Roots of Modern Science For hundreds of years people looked at the world and believed what Aristotle and and the Church said about it Scientific Revolution: a new way of thinking about the natural world.

4. The Earth Around the Sun? It had always been believed that the universe circled the flat earth. A guy named Copernicus studied planets and discovered that all planets revolve around the sun!

5. Along Comes Galileo Galileo used a new invention, the telescope, to prove many things. - Jupiter had many moons - Our moon had mountains - Copernicus’ theories were right!

6. Catholic Church Reacts Everything Galileo said went against the Church. The Church put him on trial and forced him to admit he had lied. How dare he!

7. A New Way of Thinking Over time this questioning and studying lead to the creation of Scientific Method. A logical way of gathering and testing ideas.

8. Leading to New Discoveries Using scientific method lead to the creation of many important things. Microscopes Understand the human body Vaccines

9. Why this is important for our class The development of science lead people to question beliefs they’ve always had about: ChurchKings The right to govern ourselves! The keyword is: QUESTIONING!!!